I was enjoying this immensely, THEN THE WAR ARC happened. Sooo sloppily done, the terrible fight scenes, the timeline, the ludicrous "cave in the mountain scene" -pick one- (Blazing wall of fire my ass like wtf?), the attack on Matou by the Wei people, showing up in armor and a cloak that in an earlier scene had been set on fire AND left on the corpse, ... Amateur hour. Lord. Help. Me. But I will persevere, hoping this shite ends soon and we go back to the capital.
This effing "sister". Bitch, don't you have SOMETHING ELSE you could do with your life?! I usually am tolerant with villains in shows as they are a necessity for the plot/drama etc. Some I even like. But THIS girl just pisses me the fuck off. Like GRRRRRRRRRR OH MY GOOOOOOD!!!! I don't know what it is, she just drives me insane.
That being sadi I really love this couple together. Stellar acting by both of them. I believe the romance and am invested. I have dropped/put on hold several dramas because the characters just weren't resonating with me. I love these two together.
This drama is a very very poor, condensed adaption of a really good novel. I would recommend reading the novel,…
Sometimes I don't mind when adaptations change things even if have read the novel ( I have this on my PTR list, not read it yet), poetic license can be a great thing. But a complete tonal shift from the canon or dilution of main plot points is annoying especially for darker stories. I understand the need to whitewash things for public tv viewing but one cannot blame fans of a book for being upset that the grit is gone from a story they fell in love with. I might give this a go again one day as a time filler...someday....
Well, you won't be missing much if you drop it, especially if you expect a serious drama about the iconic female…
Yes I am a absolutely loving their romance. It's not this swoony, love at first sight, catch her tripping, endless gazing type of falling in love. It is built over several meaningful interactions, through camraderie and adventure. And then suddenly they realize "oh wait a minute..." Love it! Some things are a bit wonky (timeline wise among others) but I am having a good time watching so faar.
I wanted loud, fast entertainment. This delivered. Nothing earth shattering, although the concept was great. The acting? Commendable all around. A couple of emotional moments, fleeting but still tugged at my heartstrings. Go in looking for an adrenaline rush and you will come out of the experience satisfied even if not blown away. Might not join my list of 10 best zombie movies/shows but it did its job.
Well, you won't be missing much if you drop it, especially if you expect a serious drama about the iconic female…
Thanks for the recommendation! I believe its on my PTW list. I willl give it a go soon. I settled on The Song of Glory, mature lead characters (exactly what I was looking for) and quite and interesting storyline so far. Episodes just flying by.
Well, you won't be missing much if you drop it, especially if you expect a serious drama about the iconic female…
Ahh thanks for the input. I ended up not even finishing the episode haha I want a more serious romance drama like the harem ones but WITHOUT the harem and it seems I am shit out of luck. Nothing is keeping me interested.
Five minutes into episode one and I am wondering how to take this drama seriously. Are people effing blind? Their physical stature is not even close to similar. Sighhh... the things I do to my brain cells to watch cdramas. Oh well, here we go, I guess?
Lawd! I almost self combusted at the end of episode 8. That shite was HOOOOOOTTTTTTT!!! ***spastically fanning myself*** Two men-NO-pause hotflash, say WHAT?!?!
Absolutely love this show, one of the better made, well acted Thai BLs. My only gripe - it's really minute- is the fact that at a talent agency, one of the first things is giving your name, getting pics etc. taken. How in the world is the identity of a newbie a mystery to your "top guy"? It would literally take two seconds to get his name etc. ESPECIALLY after that photo shoot... but yes, for the sake of plot and mystery I will overlook this niggle. A really top notch drama. So, so good.
His daughter bleed too much from the hit she took to the head to just be walking around like nothing happened.…
Honestly the only gripe I have with the show. I was like " Ehhhh... I don't know man. maybe a concussion, later on an IV, a CT scan maybe..." Still a fun drama though.
I just said this a bit ago on another drama. This is my personal opinion and I completely understand we are all different beings, and do things our own way. A lot of the disappointment and displeasure I see voiced recently in many comment sections seems to stem from 1. the fact that people have seen reels, edits, BTS videos etc. and have high expectations. When the final drama airs and some of those scenes are edited or deleted it causes a letdown. 2. Or there are those who expect an adaptation to be exactly like the novel. The first is by design, shows need to lure viewers in and the second one is understandable, you read a book, you love it, a drama is made and you want it to give the same feeling as the novel. Understandable but you gotta allow the show makers room to practice poetic license.
I would say, again just a gentle bit of advice, is maybe start avoiding all these little online tidbits that are short, dramatized, exciting, tasty morsels that ruin your appetite when the real meal is served. Limit the content you watch about the show before it airs. That way you are still excited about it but you haven't built this unreal/nonexistent story in your head that doesn't come to fruition when the actual drama begins. I think this causes a huge disappointment when your pre-formed ideas and what you are finally presented with do not match.
I don't know, just throwing it out there for those who can avoid, wait or restrain themselves from giving in to the social media bombardment. The new and unlimited access to shows is great but it might also be causing an overhyped atmosphere/expectation which leads to ultimate and inevitable deflation and disappointment.
I am waiting for more episodes and will begin my binge of this. The comments are so wildly varying lol.
And this is the very reason is why I am a prolific binger. I don't know how y'all do it. :)
Yeah, I really don't use social media that much, if at all, and I think this has made my drama watching more enjoyable. When people were complaining about missing/deleted scenes (eg. POJ) because they had seen reels, edits and BTS videos that never ended up in the final aired drama, I couldn't relate. I had NO idea what I missed so it makes the whole thing new and interesting. Give me the synopsis, the trailer and I am good 😆
Probably just fatigued I've done that when binge watching too🤣 It normally happens during those episodes where…
Yeah, I like both actors but it almost feels, flat? I don't know, something is just missing. There is drama but no feeling of real urgency.. I'm scratching my head trying to figure it out haha
im reading your comment just as I left my own with my feelings on having reached episode 19th...i am with you,…
I am taking a break and watching a kdrama (Teach You a Lesson - very good by the way) It's been ridiculously hard to find a drama I even want to start. Maybe this will cleanse my palate a bit and I will come back to TFJ... otherwise I am counting it as more collateral damamge suffered due to grief and lack of focus.
I was also stuck mid-through. Don’t know why. I decided to push through one day, and I still enjoy the episodes…
Yeah, it happens. I drop things, then a while later I remember to go back and finish. Hopefully this will be the case because it's NOT a bad show at all :-)
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Excellent show to break the monotony of so many "on hold/dropped" mediocre pieces of boredom.
That being sadi I really love this couple together. Stellar acting by both of them. I believe the romance and am invested. I have dropped/put on hold several dramas because the characters just weren't resonating with me. I love these two together.
It could also just be a "me" issue... burnout.
I would say, again just a gentle bit of advice, is maybe start avoiding all these little online tidbits that are short, dramatized, exciting, tasty morsels that ruin your appetite when the real meal is served. Limit the content you watch about the show before it airs. That way you are still excited about it but you haven't built this unreal/nonexistent story in your head that doesn't come to fruition when the actual drama begins. I think this causes a huge disappointment when your pre-formed ideas and what you are finally presented with do not match.
I don't know, just throwing it out there for those who can avoid, wait or restrain themselves from giving in to the social media bombardment. The new and unlimited access to shows is great but it might also be causing an overhyped atmosphere/expectation which leads to ultimate and inevitable deflation and disappointment.
I am waiting for more episodes and will begin my binge of this. The comments are so wildly varying lol.